Udder bag



ct. 12, 1943. E G; DOUGHTY 2,331,601

UDDER BAG File'd Sept. 13, 1941 Patented Oct. 12, 1943 UNlTEDsTATEs PATEN T' OFFICE UDDER BAG Emmett G. Doughty, Glendale, Calif. Y y Application September 13, 1941, Serial No. 410,687

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a novel construction of udder bag that maybe advantageously used to facilitate the renderingof treatments to milk producing animals infected with mastitis, mammitis and streptococci mastitis.l

Where milk producing Vanimals are afflicted with mastitis or mammitis they may be very effectively treated bythe application of heatvdirectly to the infected or inammed parts of the udder. In the case of an animal afliicted with streptococci mastitis the application of heat to reduce swelling and inflammation is desirable followingwhich the animal may be hypodermically injected with a `suitable remedy. Such remedies as are hypodermically injected are rendered much more effective if the udder is treated with heat so as to reduce the swelling and inflammation prior to the injection.

An object of the present invention is to provide an adjustable udder bag capable of being properly fitted wherein a heat pack or, if desired, a cold pack may be held snugly against the swollen or inflammed parts of udder so that a direct heat transfer to or from the udder as the case may be can be readily secured. If desired, by means of the present method the heat transfer can be largely localized to the infected portions of the udder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and advantageous udder bag which will serve to support the udder either from the back of the animal or from other suspending means such as a counterweight whereby the strain on a heavy or swollen udder will be relieved, thus affording an opportunity for the heat treatment to be much more effective.

More specifically, an object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of udder bag which is so designed that it may be easily and quickly adjusted to snugly t the udder and assist in its support.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference is had to the accompanying drawing for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cow illustrating the udder bag in applied position thereon, and the positioning of a heat or cold pack for treating the animal;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the udder bag;

Fig. 3 is a partial view in top plan of the harness construction that may be used to suspend the udder bag; and

Fig, 4 is a plan view of one of the heat or cold packs used in carrying out the method of treatment.

Referring to the accompanying drawing wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the udder bag illustrated in Fig. 2 comprises a generally triangular section of fabric Il) whichmay be made up of one or more pieces of fabricsuitably stitched together. In the form illustrated the body of the udder bag is made up of two sections ofvfabric II `and I2 stitched together as at I3;forn1ing a longitudinally extending seam. Inthe sides of the body ofthe udder bag there'are formedrplackets I4 and I5` and at the included angle at the back of the udder bag there is formed a third placket I6. The forwardcorners of the udder bag are equipped with eyes or rings. I'I for attachment to a harness and similarly the rear corners of the bag at the sides of the placket I6 are equipped with eyes or rings I8. A third section of fabric which may be of general rectangular form indicated at I9 is stitched or otherwise secured to the body of the udder bag adjacent its center and teat openings 20 are formed through this section and through the body of the bag. Flaps 2 I, 22, and 23 which may be formed integral with the third section of fabric I9, are designed to overlie the plackets I4, I5, and I6, respectively, on the inside of the bag. Suitable straps or adjustable fastening means indicated at 24 are mounted on the body of the udder bag on the exterior thereof adjacent the three plackets. These are designed to be drawn across the plackets and fastened in adjusted position such as by buckles or the equivalent. When the plackets are thus properly adjusted, the bag will snugly t the udder of the animal. A harness is provided consisting of a top central section of fabric 25 to the forward edge of which is secured a transversely extending strap 26 equipped adjacent opposite ends with pairs of rings 21. The free ends of this strap are designed to be drawn through the eyes or rings I'I at the front of the udder bag and passed through the rings 21 to support the front of the udder bag from the back of the animal. Crossed straps 28 and 29 similarly equipped with pairs of rings 30 are secured to the fabric 25 and to the front strap 26. The free ends of these straps are designed to be drawn rearwardly across the quarter of the animal through the rings I8 and back to the rings 30 so as to support the rear of the udder bag in adjusted position.

Where the straps 28 and 29 cross each other there is preferably provided a ring 3l to which may be attached a cord or the equivalent 32 which in turn may be connected to a. suitable counterweight.

In some instances, the udder may be suspended by the udder bag entirely from the back of the animal, In other instances, it is desirable to support the udder from the counterweight. Either method of support may be advantageously employed. v

In treating the animal afllicted with such infections as are treated by the application of heat or cold to the infected or nfiammed parts of the udder a heat or cold pack as the case may be, such as is illustrated in Fig. 4 by reference character 33, may be employed. These packs contain suitable chemicals which, when immersed in water, will generate heat or cold by chemical reaction. As the construction of these packs forms no part of the present invention their details of construction are not herein described.

In treating the animal, the pack is immersed in water to bring about the chemical reaction and is then inserted between the udder bag and the udder. It is held flrmly against the infected part of the udder by the udder bag so that a direct heat transference may be secured. Frequently the infection is somewhat localized in the udder and in this event the pack is positioned directly against the infected part only. The chemical reaction in the pack is usually exhausted in about one hours time and when exhausted it may be removed and replaced for additiona1 treatment if necessary. I have found that mastitis and mammitis are very successfully treated by the application of heat administered Cil to the infected portions of the udder alone which can be accomplished very easily by the insertion of the pack between the udder and the udder bag.

From the above-described method it will be appreciated that a simple and advantageous means is provided for treating inflammatory diseases of udders of milk producing animals and that a novel, simple, and advantageous udder bag is provided for facilitating the administering of such treatment. 4 g

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An udder bag comprising a generally triangular section of fabric having plackets in two sides and the included corner, a second section of material secured to the rst section adjacent the center thereof, flaps integral with the second section overlying the plackets, adjustable means extending across the plackets for holding them in adjusted position, and means for suspending the bag from the back of the animal.

2. An udder bag comprising a generally triangular section of fabric having plackets in two sides and the included corner, a second section of material secured to the first section adjacent the center thereof, naps integral with the second section overlying the plackets, adjustable means extending across the plackets for holding them in adjusted position, and means for suspending the bag from the back of `the animal, there being teatl openings formedthrough both the first and second sections of material.

G. DOUGHTY. 

